I have known lots of adults who enjoyed similar enthusiasms as a kid and weren’t encouraged and then didn’t go anywhere with it and so they’re unhappy in their jobs as adults. William Joyce Read Quote
I just took the idea that King Kong was too big for everything and reversed it and put George in a land of giants, which is basically what every kid goes through anyway – that, you know, the world is made for grownups, for tall people, for the giants. William Joyce Read Quote
I’ve always liked getting away with just a little bit of what you’re not supposed to. Like my first book, Billy’s Booger, got me in trouble with the principal’s office. William Joyce Read Quote
You know, I hate to give advice because my life has been so odd that almost nothing that’s happened to me can apply. William Joyce Read Quote
The first book I ever wrote was in fourth grade and it was called ‘Billy’s Booger.’ It was an autobiographical piece about a kid who was really bad at math. William Joyce Read Quote
I like stirring things up. I’m on the side of the kids more than I am on the adults. And occasionally I find some adults that have that same mischievous streak, so I don’t get in too much trouble. William Joyce Read Quote
I raised frogs every spring in our house from tadpoles and by end of summer our house was overrun with frogs. William Joyce Read Quote
So if you’re a robot and you’re living on this planet, you can do things that you can’t do in real life – things that you wished you could do: like fly; like have a car that flies; like have furniture that is alive. William Joyce Read Quote
And they’re also very good at math, these super boogers, and so they teach Billy the ways of mathematics. William Joyce Read Quote
